Ocean Temperature

The ocean is really deep like 2'400 meters kind of deep (which is 7,874.0157 feet).

The ocean is divided up  into three sections. Surface is the top to about 200 meters (or 656.16798 feet.)

The next layer is Thermocline is from 200 meters to about 700 meters.

And the last layer is called the Deep Zone is 700 meters to the ocean floor 2400 -plus or minus.

The top of that water in a tropical water region could be 30 degrees Celsius (or 86 degrees Fahrenheit.)

Polar arias could be negative -2 degrees Celsius (or 28 degrees Fahrenheit.)

The top of the water in an averaged aria at the surface could be about 81 Fahrenheit (27 Celsius.). And at the deep zone and at the floor is about 36.5 degrees Fahrenheit or 2.5 Celsius.

The FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP)

There are many interesting research vessels, and I encourage you to look them all up, but and interesting one, that I found to day, is called the FLIP.

The FLIP stands for FLoating Instrument Platform. (The L is the L in fLoating.)

The FLIP had no engines like the other research ships, but was towed to the sight where is was left for weeks -sometimes months, while it did its research.

It was 102 meters long (335 feet.), and was kept afloat in the water by a ballast* tank on the Stern (rear). The ballast tank was flooded, keeping the FLIP upright.

Then part of the ship containing things such as the living quarters, communication equipment, the laboratory, electrical generates, and scientific instruments, was some seventeen meters above the water (55 feet).

vertical position

With the FLIP in a vertical position, it proved to be a remarkably stable platform, even on choppy waters.

Career (US)
Name:	RP FLIP
Owner:	Office of Naval Research
Operator:	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Builder:	Gunderson Brothers Engineering
Completed:	1962
Identification:	Call sign: WI7115 IMO number: 9180229 MMSI no.: 338040561
Status:	Operational
General characteristics
Tonnage:	700 GRT
Length:	108 m (354 ft)
Beam:	7.93 m (26.0 ft)
Draught:	3.83 m (12.6 ft) (towed) 100 m (330 ft) (deployed)
Speed:	7-10 knots (towed)
Capacity:	Fresh water 5.7 m3 (200 cu ft) Water generation 2.7 m3 (95 cu ft)/per day
Crew:	5 crew 11 researchers

 *ballast |ˈbaləst|

noun

1 heavy material, such as gravel, sand, iron, or lead, placed low in a vessel to improve its stability.

• a substance of this type carried in an airship or on a hot-air balloon to stabilize it, and jettisoned when greater altitude is required.• figurative something that gives stability or substance : the film is an entertaining comedy with some serious ideas thrown in for ballast.

2 gravel or coarse stone used to form the bed of a railroad track or road.

• a mixture of coarse and fine aggregate for making concrete.3 a passive component used in an electric circuit to moderate changes in current.

verb [ trans. ] (usu. be ballasted)

1 give stability to (a ship) by putting a heavy substance in its bilge :the vessel has been ballasted to give the necessary floating stability.2 form (the bed of a railroad line or road) with gravel or coarse stone.

PHRASES

in ballast (of a ship) laden only with ballast.ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: probably of Low German or Scandinavianorigin.

Pita, Pepper, and Pork Sandwich

Here's a recipe for a pita, pepper, pork sandwich.

Indigence

1. Two peppers
2. One onion
3. Already cooked pork
4. Three table spoons of olive oil
5. Four table spoons of butter
6. Two teaspoons of dried parsley
7. Two teaspoons of chili powder.
8. Ten pitas

Melt three table spoons of butter in a frying pan while you chop the peppers and onions.
Add chopped veggies to the butter and let then saute.

Add three table spoons of olive oil, one table spoon of butter, parsley, and chili powder to a frying pan to heat.
While the oil is heating, chop the pork; you need about two cups.

When you're done chopping, add the pork to the oil and let it brown and get nice and tender, to soak in the flavor.

When the pork is hot, crisp, and flavorful, (like above), then it is time to serve it.

You can either mix the two or serve them separate depending on the amount then you want in your pita.

Cut the pitas in half and then stuff with the the peppers, onions, and pork.

For a dressing there are a lot of different things that you could put on.

You can put on mustered and Mayans or miracle-whip or ranch dressing.
My dad liked Italian dressing.
And if you like, ovocido is good on there.

And here is your recipe for pepper and pork pitas.
Enjoy! Goce!

(That's Spanish for enjoy)

Happy Anniversary!!!

I just wanted to wish my mom and dad a very happy Anniversary!

They have now been married for twenty two years!

Y'all are the best parents I could ever have wished for.

Thank you for always being there for me; for giving me love and forgiveness any time I needed them (Which is quite a lot); for homeschooling us; and for never giving up on us even when we did crazy things like ride out bikes down the hill and into the stump to see how far we could shoot off.

Thank you and a very happy Anniversary dad and mom!

They would really like if it you commented on this post and congratulated them.

Thank you Dad and Mom!

Antifreeze Fish

antifreeze |ˈantiˌfrēz|
noun
a liquid, typically one based on ethylene glycol, which can be added to water to lower the freezing point, chiefly used in the radiator of a motor vehicle.This is the definition of antifreeze.

Antifreeze is a form of alcohol and is used in car ratdiators to prevent the water from freezing.

(Alcohol -just so you know- freezes at -202 degrees.

Water at 32 degrees and sea water at 28.5 degrees.)

Now you're probably wondering how a fish can be anti-freezable.
Well God created a bunch of fish that live in the Antarctica near the Ross Sea *(see the Ross Ice Shelf). They live in extra cold water.
One fish is called Dragonfish.
All these fish have a special protein in their blood that is a form of antifreeze that keeps their blood from freezing in such frigged water.
It's just another amazing thing that God did.

The Bible Bee reg.

Well, the Bible Bee on the 25th went really well!
I came in third for our group and Erin came in first.
It was a lot of fun and our judges were really sweet.

Bible-Bee Links

Here are some likes to what Erin and I have been using for the Bible-Bee.

Quizlet has been nice for testing.
See what you make on an eight hundred and ten question test.
Quizlet

Scripture Typer is great for memorizing any bible verse that you want.

Now I do recommend these not just for the Bible-Bee but also for and Bible study or Scripture memory that you want.

And here is the link to the Bible-Bee web sight.

Doing the Bible-Bee has been one of the hardest most rewarding things that I've ever done.
I know, -you're probably thinking 'Why's she giving advice to a Bee that she hasn't completed yet?' Well, that answer is easy enough, no matter if I'm one of the top one hundred kids in the nation or not, I've done what most people have never even herd of and at the same time doing things of eternal value.
Though, when Jess told me what I just told you, I pointed out that I felt like I was going to be eternally exhausted.

But I think that if you compete and make it to nationals or not, you've laid up treasures in heaven and done an awesome thing, and personally I think that everyone should do it.

Just a little encouragement, and I'm going to go memorize the last of my 25 passages.

Sorry

Sorry about the little mix up.
It was in fact dad's birthday and not Sarah's. But she's great too, and her birthday's in January.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

 Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Happy 4th of July

The fourth is a great time to remember what the patriots of our country died for and what they new that they were getting for them selves and for us years to come.

Happy Fourth!!!